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Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Markets in Africa (GISAMA)

This is the work plan meeting for the GISAMA project, held in Livingstone on May 21-22, 2009. The meeting focuses on the intersection of regional trade in food staples and agricultural growth, with joint activities between COMESA and MSU for 2009. The objectives of GISAMA are to identify strategic investment opportunities in food marketing systems to increase rural incomes and assess the impact of public interventions on markets, smallholder welfare, and food security. The outputs of GISAMA include identifying priority investments and actions for smallholder farmers in maize, cassava, horticulture, and cotton value chains, assessing the impacts of road improvement and market information systems on crop production and marketing, and providing research results to inform CAADP-relevant public expenditure strategies and donor investment priorities.

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Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Markets in Africa (GISAMA)

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  1. Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Markets in Africa (GISAMA) ACTESA Work Plan Meeting Livingstone, May 21-22, 2009

  2. COMESA and MSU: Two Broad Areas of Intersecting Interest • Regional trade in food staples (FTA) • Agricultural growth (CAADP)

  3. COMESA-MSU Joint Activities for 2009 • Support to Regional CAADP Compact Design • Analysis and policy outreach under GISAMA • AAMP

  4. GISAMA Objectives • Identify strategic opportunities and investment potential in food marketing systems that will result in increased rural incomes • Assess the potential impact of specific public interventions on markets, smallholder welfare, and food security

  5. GISAMA Outputs (1) Ground Work for Identifying Strategies and Opportunities for Investment: Patterns and Trends Affecting Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa Pathways out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers

  6. GISAMA Outputs (2) Linking Smallholder Farmers to Effective and Efficient Value Chains: Identifying Priority Investments and Actions Maize Cassava Horticulture Cotton

  7. GISAMA Outputs (3) Assessing the Impacts of Road Improvement State Marketing Board Operations Market Information Systems on Smallholder Crop Production and Marketing

  8. GISAMA Outputs (4) Research results are expected to help design CAADP-relevant public expenditure strategies contribute to ACTESA programming assist donors in identifying investment priorities

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